Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

Name the first animals (phylum) that have a true body cavity.

Answer:

Annelida
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Diversity in Living Organisms

Q 1.

Name a reptile which has four chambered heart.

Q 2.

Give examples of Arthropod animals.

Q 3.

In how many kingdoms Carolus Linnaeus diving living beings?

Q 4.

How is a body of Arthropods segmented?

Q 5.

Give three examples of Protochordata animals.

Q 6.

Cold blooded, two chamber heart, stream lined body, scales on skin, gills present, aquatic life. Which group of vertebrates are we referring to?

Q 7.

In which kingdom you will place an organism which is multicellular, eukaryotic, non-green heterotroph or saprophytic, lacks chlorophyll and has an absorptive mode of nutrition?

Q 8.

Give examples of bryophytes.

Q 9.

Differentiate between Annelida and Nematode.

Q 10.

What is the primary characteristic on which the first division of organisms is made?

Q 11.

Name the two groups of Plantae that are commonly called phanerogams.

Q 12.

No scales on skin, mucus glands on skin, three chambered heart, respiration through gills, lungs and skin, oviparous, live on land and in water. Name the group of these vertebrates.

Q 13.

Four Chambered heart, mostly viviparous, skin covered with hairs, skin contains sweat and oil glands, four chambered heart. Which category of vertebrates are we talking about?

Q 14.

Give examples of egg laying mammals

Q 15.

What do you mean by biodiversity?

Q 16.

Name five countries that lie in the region of megadiversity.

Q 17.

What is the criterion for classification of organisms as belonging to kingdom Monera or Protista?

Q 18.

What are the major divisions in the Plantae? What is the basis for these divisions?

Q 19.

Why bryophytes are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom?

Q 20.

List important characteristics (at least three) of bryophytes.

Q 21.

Name the plants that are called "First vascular land plants".

Q 22.

How Phanerogams are divided further chiefly?

Q 23.

Name the phylum to which the following are included. (i) Spider (ii) Cockroach (iii) Prawn (iv) Housefly

Q 24.

Write two important characteristics of sponges ?

Q 25.

Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?

Q 26.

Give examples of animals belong to Nematoda.

Q 27.

Name the phylum to which Start fish and Sea urchin belong to?

Q 28.

Give examples of organisms which belong to Phylum Protochordata.

Q 29.

Name the three divisions of Plantae that have inconspicuous reproductive organs. What are their seeds called?

Q 30.

Hydra, Jelly Fish, corals belog to which group of animals?

Q 31.

Commonly called flatworm, bilateral symmetrical, acoelomates are the features of which animal division?

Q 32.

What type of circulatory system do Molluscs have?

Q 33.

Snakes, turtles, lizards and crocodiles belong to which category of vertebrates?

Q 34.

Give three examples of flightless birds.

Q 35.

What are the advantages of classification?

Q 36.

Will advanced organisms be the same as complex organisms? Why?

Q 37.

Name the book written by Carolus Linnaeus on the classification of organisms.

Q 38.

Explain the basis for grouping organisms into five kingdoms.

Q 39.

In which kingdom will you place an organism which is single-celled, eukaryotic and photosynthetic?

Q 40.

In which kingdom, you will place an organism which is multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotroph, lacks chlorophyll and has an ingestive mode of nutrition.

Q 41.

Blue-green algae are classified with bacteria and placed in kingdom Monera.

Q 42.

On what basis plants are divided into two sub-kingdoms?

Q 43.

Give two examples of Gymnosperms.

Q 44.

What are the general characteristics found in all animals?

Q 45.

Which animal phylum is considered to be first triploblastic animals?

Q 46.

Name a parasitic disease caused by members of Nematoda.

Q 47.

What kind of circulatory system is found in animals from Mollusca phylum?

Q 48.

How is locomotion brought in animals belonging to Mollusca phylum?

Q 49.

In which kingdom would you place an organism which is unicellular, eukaryotic and photosynthetic?

Q 50.

Which in your opinion is more basic characteristic for classifying organism. The place where they live in or the kind of cells they are made of?